EPTI am enjoying this having come from a 17" but my worries are that the monitor is too big to be efficient for playing at a professional level of SC.
Are my fears just, or am i just worried? do other pros play with a big monitor?
24" Monitor too big?
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VPCursed
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I am enjoying this having come from a 17" but my worries are that the monitor is too big to be efficient for playing at a professional level of SC. Are my fears just, or am i just worried? do other pros play with a big monitor? | ||
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taLbuk
Madagascar1879 Posts
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LuckyFool
United States9015 Posts
most former bw pros play on fairly small monitors I believe. Or they play with the window sized quite small. | ||
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Yergidy
United States2107 Posts
 As long as it is a 16  monitor you're fine for sc2 as long as it's not like a 42'' tv or something lol. | ||
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SigmaoctanusIV
United States3313 Posts
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wattabeast
United States957 Posts
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NemesysTV
United States1088 Posts
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Assault_1
Canada1950 Posts
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paper
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English
United States475 Posts
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Hakker
United States1360 Posts
I remember this being the case in the beta, i don't know if its changed since then though. | ||
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NarutO
Germany18839 Posts
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TG Manny
United States325 Posts
If you will also be using it as a platform to watch streams as you would TV, sitting away from the computer, it is very nice to have "TV" sized monitors to go grab a bag of chips and hit the couch to enjoy some streaming action. | ||
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mOnion
United States5657 Posts
On December 26 2011 02:46 Assault_1 wrote: is 24 inch good for bw ? 23 was :D i played for a year on my 23, twas nice | ||
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LovE-
United States1963 Posts
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RevTiberius
Canada353 Posts
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MrCon
France29748 Posts
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c.Deadly
United States545 Posts
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vnlegend
United States1389 Posts
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sheaRZerg
United States613 Posts
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Mithriel
Netherlands2969 Posts
Serious though, it might seem huge, but couple hours of playtime you never want to go back to smaller. | ||
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Hrwa
Croatia147 Posts
On December 26 2011 02:54 Hakker wrote: I dont have a source for this but dont 16:10 aspect ratio monitors render a larger game area? meaning people with monitors at this aspect ratio can see more of the game without scrolling than people with 16: 9. It might be the other way around i dont remember lol. I remember this being the case in the beta, i don't know if its changed since then though. Obligatory pic for threads like this ![[image loading]](http://h8.abload.de/img/sc2_fov36k6.gif) Also you can set 16: 9 resolution even on 16:10 monitor. On December 26 2011 04:30 Mithriel wrote: Surprised no "Size doesn't matter" joke yet. Serious though, it might seem huge, but couple hours of playtime you never want to go back to smaller. +1 After a while smaller monitors feel tiny. | ||
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Artifice
United States523 Posts
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GigaFlop
United States1146 Posts
On December 26 2011 02:54 Hakker wrote: I dont have a source for this but dont 16:10 aspect ratio monitors render a larger game area? meaning people with monitors at this aspect ratio can see more of the game without scrolling than people with 16: 9. It might be the other way around i dont remember lol. I remember this being the case in the beta, i don't know if its changed since then though. Theoretically, the 16:10 should show more of the game at once. If you multiply the numbers, 16x9 is less than 16x10, which makes me think so. It's more pixels being drawn at 16:10. | ||
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grs
Germany2339 Posts
On December 26 2011 06:17 GigaFlop wrote: Theoretically, the 16:10 should show more of the game at once. If you multiply the numbers, 16x9 is less than 16x10, which makes me think so. It's more pixels being drawn at 16:10. Please not. Look at the picture above. The game always shows the same height, but more width, so the higher the relation towards the width, the more you see. | ||
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Eatme
Switzerland3919 Posts
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NB
Netherlands12045 Posts
Personally im on a 14' laptop and its still 16 : 9. My eyes dont need to move as much and i could have the screen a bit closer (its a laptop anyway...)... I imagine 24' you would have to sit 2 meters away from screen to get same effect. | ||
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Divinek
Canada4045 Posts
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vaderseven
United States2556 Posts
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WarChimp
Australia943 Posts
in the GIF above? | ||
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Battleaxe
United States843 Posts
But yeah I play SC2 on my monitor and I think it looks great, awesome for watching streams too | ||
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Caphe
Vietnam10817 Posts
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dcemuser
United States3248 Posts
On December 26 2011 08:16 WarChimp wrote: Why does 16:10 seem to be compacted more than 16: 9 in the GIF above? Because it is. Basically, the closer the aspect ratio is to 1:1, the more "square" the screen will be. 16:10 is closer to being square than 16: 9, so 16: 9 is more rectangular and shows more area. You will actually get more physical inches of viewing space on a 16:10 but it will be a smaller area in-game. If you look at the picture above, that's basically what it is showing. 4:3 = 1.33:1 16:10 = 1.6:1 16: 9 = 1.78:1 | ||
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bobsire
Canada296 Posts
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tdt
United States3179 Posts
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tdt
United States3179 Posts
On December 26 2011 06:17 GigaFlop wrote: Theoretically, the 16:10 should show more of the game at once. If you multiply the numbers, 16x9 is less than 16x10, which makes me think so. It's more pixels being drawn at 16:10. Depends how game is programmed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_of_view_in_video_games But either way you can set a 16x10 to 16x9 and not the other way around so I'd always opt for a 16:10. Not to mention all good quality wide gamut IPS monitors are 16:10. | ||
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blade55555
United States17423 Posts
On December 26 2011 08:13 Divinek wrote: I've been using a 24" monitor for ages and i havent noticed any difference Yup this. It doesn't hurt my play at all. I know when I first got a 24 inch 3-4 years ago it was really weird but after a few days I got used to it and forgot it was even 24 inches. Whenever someone see's my monitor I forget its bigger then most people's around here and they always go 'holy shit your monitor is huge!" | ||
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